A technician was killed and another was critically injured as a wheel of a boarding bridge blasted at Sylhet Osmani International Airport about Thursday noon.
The deceased, Rumman Ahmed, 22, was a resident of Tilapara under the Biman Bandar police in Sylhet city, and the injured technician, Enamul, 25, is a resident of Mohaldig village under the same police, the airport authorities said.
Sylhet Osmani International Airport director Hafiz Ahmed confirmed Rumman Ahmed鈥檚 death.
He said that a team of some six technicians were replacing the wheels of a boarding bridge about noon as part of the routine maintenance work.
鈥極ne of the wheels suddenly exploded which might be caused by mishandling when the technicians were removing the wheel from its slot, leaving the two technicians seriously injured,鈥� the airport director said.
He said that the injured were taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital immediately after the incident.
鈥楾he attending doctors of the hospital rushed Rumman to the intensive care unit where he died at around 3:30pm,鈥� Hafiz Ahmed said in the afternoon.
He said that another technician, who also was seriously injured, was undergoing treatment at the hospital.聽
Stating there was no damage to any aircraft or the airport following the boarding bridge wheel blast, the airport director said that they would probe the accident.聽
鈥榃e are busy now in handling the overall situation. Everything would be done in this regard, including taking necessary legal step,鈥� he added.
Biman Bandar police officer-in-charge Syed Anisur Rahman told 抖阴精品 that they visited the spot immediately after receiving the news of the incident.
鈥楩urther step would be taken after receiving a written statement of the airport authorities in this regard,鈥� he said.聽
